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Working together with fishers towards a sustainable marine ecosystem

Enaleia is an organisation with a vision to make the marine ecosystem sustainable through circular and social economy solutions. Enaleia runs several projects worldwide, from mega cleanup projects to consultancy & research projects.

Vision: A sustainable marine ecosystem, including humans.

Mission: To solve two problems that correlate to a great extend: Reduction of fish stocks & Marine plastic pollution.

Our main goal is to provide holistic approaches to ocean-related climate challenges engaging all the relevant stakeholders, from local fishing communities to governments. In this way, our projects are aligned with three pillars:

Education

Training professionals and new fishers in sustainable techniques and ensuring higher income for the fishing communities

Mitigation

Implementing mega cleanup projects that involve fishing communities with the capacity to collect thousands of kilos of plastic from the sea daily

Prevention

Preventing further pollution by incentivising the fishers to deliver their used fishing gear frequently, which would end up in the sea or the landfills

Our story

Enaleia started as the first school for professional fishing in Greece to deal with the major problem at that time, the unemployment of young people. During the first educational fishing trips, we realised that many fishers were bycatching plastic that they were throwing back to the sea, stating that:

This is not our problem

This reality prompted Enaleia to launch the Mediterranean CleanUp, one of the most extensive marine cleanups in the Mediterranean. Our target is to have plastic-free oceans, protect marine ecosystems, empower local fishing communities and integrate the collected marine plastic into the circular economy, reassuring that this plastic will not end up in the sea again.

Meet the Team

Management team

LEFTERIS
ARAPAKIS

Co-founder & Director

NEPHELI
GALGOS

International Project Manager

KONSTANTINOS
GIANNAKOPOULOS

Operations and Circular Economy Manager

STAMATIS
KOTSARINIS

Operations Project Manager

DIONYSIS
KARVELIS

Operations Project Manager

DIONYSIS
KARVELIS

Operations Project Manager

Port Coordinators

Giorgos Antoniou

Michaniona Port

Stelios Agridopoulos

Porto Koufo Port

Panagiotis Bakas

Corfu Port

Panagiotis Flabouras

Kyllini Port

EMMANOUELA LIKAKI

Agios Nikolaos Port

Theologos Koulias

Kalymnos Port

Dimitris Tzamousis

Heraklion Port

Michalis Christou

Kymi Port

Michalis Komis

Kefalonia & Ithaca Ports

nIKOS CHARPANTIDIS

Kavala Port

Marinos Psyxogios

Chalkida Port

Stefanos katsoulis

Volos Port

Fishers

Partners

Our work follows the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN for The Agenda 2030

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